{"title":"Numerical Simulation of Inlet Void Fraction Affecting Oil-gas Two-phase Flow Characteristics in 90° Elbows","authors":"W. Sha, G. Leng, R. S. Xu, S. Li","doi":"10.47176/jafm.17.7.2341","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Air can have an adverse effect on the performance of an aero-engine lubrication system. A numerical analysis was conducted to explore the influence of inlet void fraction and pipe layout on the characteristics of oil-gas two-phase flow in a 90° elbow. The pipes were arranged horizontally and vertically with inlet void fractions of 0.05-0.15. The laws governing flow velocity, void fraction, and pressure along the pipe were determined separately. The results revealed the formation of large-scale vortices with high gas volume fractions inside both types of elbows, which exacerbate oil-gas separation and cause additional head loss. The maximum pressure drop was observed at approximately one pipe diameter downstream of the elbow outlet, which initially increases with the inlet void fraction and then gradually stabilizes. Asymmetric secondary flow vortices in the horizontal elbow were found to enhance oil-gas separation and accelerate lubricating oil to greater extent than in a vertical elbow under the same conditions. Consequently, the maximum pressure drop caused by flowing through the horizontal elbow is higher than that in the vertical elbow.","PeriodicalId":49041,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.1000,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics","FirstCategoryId":"5","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.47176/jafm.17.7.2341","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"MECHANICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Air can have an adverse effect on the performance of an aero-engine lubrication system. A numerical analysis was conducted to explore the influence of inlet void fraction and pipe layout on the characteristics of oil-gas two-phase flow in a 90° elbow. The pipes were arranged horizontally and vertically with inlet void fractions of 0.05-0.15. The laws governing flow velocity, void fraction, and pressure along the pipe were determined separately. The results revealed the formation of large-scale vortices with high gas volume fractions inside both types of elbows, which exacerbate oil-gas separation and cause additional head loss. The maximum pressure drop was observed at approximately one pipe diameter downstream of the elbow outlet, which initially increases with the inlet void fraction and then gradually stabilizes. Asymmetric secondary flow vortices in the horizontal elbow were found to enhance oil-gas separation and accelerate lubricating oil to greater extent than in a vertical elbow under the same conditions. Consequently, the maximum pressure drop caused by flowing through the horizontal elbow is higher than that in the vertical elbow.
期刊介绍:
The Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics (JAFM) is an international, peer-reviewed journal which covers a wide range of theoretical, numerical and experimental aspects in fluid mechanics. The emphasis is on the applications in different engineering fields rather than on pure mathematical or physical aspects in fluid mechanics. Although many high quality journals pertaining to different aspects of fluid mechanics presently exist, research in the field is rapidly escalating. The motivation for this new fluid mechanics journal is driven by the following points: (1) there is a need to have an e-journal accessible to all fluid mechanics researchers, (2) scientists from third- world countries need a venue that does not incur publication costs, (3) quality papers deserve rapid and fast publication through an efficient peer review process, and (4) an outlet is needed for rapid dissemination of fluid mechanics conferences held in Asian countries. Pertaining to this latter point, there presently exist some excellent conferences devoted to the promotion of fluid mechanics in the region such as the Asian Congress of Fluid Mechanics which began in 1980 and nominally takes place in one of the Asian countries every two years. We hope that the proposed journal provides and additional impetus for promoting applied fluids research and associated activities in this continent. The journal is under the umbrella of the Physics Society of Iran with the collaboration of Isfahan University of Technology (IUT) .